Intro to Ceramics
with Jenna Ross
AX Ceramics Centre | 12 Maple Ave.
July 28, 30, August 4, 20 | 1230-4, OR 530-9
$195 per person | Ages 16+
Join us in the AX Ceramics Centre with artist-in-residence, Jenna Ross for a four-week beginner Intro to ceramics course. Learn the basics of making pots on a pottery wheel along with clay handbuilding techniques and glazing. Students will be introduced to the steps of “throwing” pots on the wheel and will practice making their own simple forms. They will also learn the three main handbuilding techniques of pinch, slab, & coil along with some simple sculpting methods. Project pieces will include a pinch pot planter, a slab built mug, a coil bowl, plus two wheel pots to take home. Pieces will be kiln fired between sessions 3 and 4, reserving the last session for glaze decorating. Students’ pots will all receive a final glaze kiln firing, and then will be available for pickup at a later date.
No experience necessary, just a willingness to learn, get muddy and have fun.
About the Instructor
As it turns out, I love getting my hands dirty. The walls of my home are even (intentionally) covered in clay. I continue to be amazed at all the things this wonderful material can do.
I’ve been drawn to the magical art of clay shape-shifting on the wheel from a blob to a form since I first watched a potter as a kid.
My own pottery pieces are made using a wheel that gets its power from the sun, and trimmed on a wheel powered by my kicking foot. Once the pots are dried they’re brought to my nearby kiln for grid-electric firing. Some of my work uses hand building (though my true love is the wheel).
I find inspiration in gardens, forest, local hills and the joy of creating functional art. I try to bring care & beauty to every piece and hope this is felt when folks hold my pots in their own hands. Nothing tickles me more than thinking of my work becoming a part of someone else’s everyday life.
Thank you for your interest in my work and for supporting makers.